Engaging Robots: Innovative Outreach for Attracting Cybernetics Students

Autor/inn/en	Mitchell, R.; Warwick, K.; Browne, W. N.; Gasson, M. N.; Wyatt, J.
Titel	Engaging Robots: Innovative Outreach for Attracting Cybernetics Students
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 53 (2010) 1, S.105-113 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2009.2024932
Schlagwörter	Cybernetics; Outreach Programs; Robotics; Engineering Education; Student Recruitment; Foreign Countries; Periodicals; Competition; Pilot Projects; Program Effectiveness; Museums; Mass Media Use; Public Speaking; United Kingdom (Reading) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kybernetik; Jobcoaching; Robotertechnik; Ingenieurausbildung; Ausland; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Wettkampf; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Mediennutzung; Vortrag
Abstract	Cybernetics is a broad subject, encompassing many aspects of electrical, electronic, and computer engineering, which suffers from a lack of understanding on the part of potential applicants and teachers when recruiting students. However, once the engineering values, fascinating science, and pathways to rewarding, diverse careers are communicated, appropriate students can be very interested in enrolling. At the University of Reading, Reading, U.K., a key route for outreach to prospective students has been achieved through the use of robots in interactive talks at schools, competitions (often funded by Public Understanding of Science projects), a collectable fortnightly magazine, exhibitions in museums, open days at the University, and appearances in the media. This paper identifies the interactive engagement, anthropomorphic acceptability, and inspirational nature of robots as being key to their successful use in outreach activities. The statistical results presented show that the continued popularity of degrees at Reading in cybernetics, electronic engineering, and robotics over the last 20 years is in part due to the outreach activities to schools and the general public. (Contains 7 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10